Living under The Laws of God, the Bible’s Old Testament women – and men – were held to strict and exacting codes of high behavior and conduct. Some Old Testament women fell trying to scale the heights of God’s Laws. Among the Top Ten Fallen Women of the Bible are Eve, Jezebel, and Delilah of the Old Testament.
Eve
Good Woman Gone Bad
“In the Beginning was The Word…,” but soon came Eden. Eternal Perfection created an idyllic carnal immortality which fell upon itself because of disobedience to God. Central to this Fall was Eve – the woman in The Garden. Was she just naturally curious and naïve or was she defiantly disobedient and strong willed?
Regardless of motive or purpose, Eve became the symbol for and cause of the inevitable Death of every human being since, now, and always.
Few 21st Century American women stroll through gardens, naked, munching on apples. Yet, the womanscape of Third Millennium Americana is strewn with hollow cadavers who chose to turn away from their natural, God-given beauty to the ugliness of self-righteous knowing and pride in self.
Jezebel
Evil Woman
Jezebel was the epitome of wanton wickedness in high places. Though a Phoenician princess and queen to an Israeli king, Jezebel was a prostitute, killer, and depraved degradation of God’s womanhood. Jezebel, propagating her worship of the false god Baal – pagan god of fertility, was thrown out a window by a mob and devoured by dogs. Her death was as ignoble as her life.
Many among the Body Woman Americana still worship false gods of psycho pseudo-fertility, confusing sex with womanhood. Their ultimate end will be as broken and humiliating as Jezebel’s.
Delilah
Femme Fatale
A temptress superbly skilled in the science of seduction, Delilah was a stealer of men’s hearts and a distraction from their will to follow God. Delilah sold that sweet art of seduction and betrayal to the Philistines to learn the secrets of Samson – a tormentor of the Philistines, so they could destroy Samson.
Through Delilah’s betrayal and treachery, the Philistines learned Samson’s secret and reduced him to a weak, powerless, blinded hulk. Over time, while being humiliated and mocked, Samson regained a part of his strength and called upon God for one last moment of power for God’s glory. Samson then pulled down the pillars of the pagan temple where the Philistines had congregated. Samson and 3,000 Philistines died. Whether Delilah died in the temple is uncertain. She was never heard from again and died in obscurity.
Yet, today, the specter of Delilah the temptress calls to many and beckons them to accompany her to oblivion.
Thank God, The Law of the Old Testament has been met through The Mercy and Love of the New Testament. Even so, God’s Moral Law remains and there are still 21st Century Eves, Jezebels, and Delilahs bent upon breaking God’s Moral Law.
Don’t be or become a present day manifestation of the archetypal Eve, Jezebel, or Delilah. And, for the Love of God, don’t have a relationship with one. Beware the 21st Century Fallen Women of the Bible’s Old Testament.
Copyright © Michael K. Miller of Millennium Suites, LLC 2009
Reference:
- Eve – en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve * Jezebel – en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jezebel_(Bible) * Delilah – en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delilah
- “In the beginning was the Word…” – www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201:1&version;=31
- Eden – en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_of_Eden
